Uses for Satellite Dish on roof

[Tiny]

I'd take up gullivers offer, he has the equipment needed to help you.

Five minutes with a Sat meter to check whats going on.

[Lachiepower0402]

The reason why I cannot have Guiliver over to check it out is because I am 15 years old and living with my mum, and she would not allow me to let anyone over because she does not know them. Sorry if I sound like an idiot.

[Tiny]

The reason why I cannot have Guiliver over to check it out is because I am 15 years old and living with my mum, and she would not allow me to let anyone over because she does not know them. Sorry if I sound like an idiot.

Ok so now we understand the mystery.

Maybe you just should have told us your age, nothing to hide or be afraid of.
We were all young once.

[weirdo]

wise decision Lachie
you never know mate, before you know it you'd wake up on Gullivers Island

[Lachiepower0402]

wise decision Lachie
you never know mate, before you know it you'd wake up on Gullivers Island

LOL. So their anything else that I can try at the receiver end?

[gordon_s1942]

You need to make a check list of what you have and what you have done.
First, Dish on Roof, has it an LNB, if so, how many cables are running from it, (1 to 4)
No matter how many there are, does one or more run from it (LNB) to the wall plate.
Do all connections look good and are tight?

From here on is the problem, you dont know exactly where the dish is 'pointing' even though it may look the same as others around you, just a few degrees off and there is nothing.
If you can SAFELY access the dish, you can use a compass to ROUGHLY see what direction (azimuth) its 'pointing' (between 4 and 10 degrees EAST of North, C1/D3) and if the marks on the mount are readable, what angle (elevation) its set at (between 48 to 51 degrees in most places).

Heres where you need either a little signal meter or 2 people, you put the meter in line, set the decoder and SLOWLY rotate the dish with the azimuth set for your location but even then, it may need to be adjusted.

With 2 people, one does the dish, the other watches the TV screen and yells like hell when you 'hit the signal'.

Once you have set up a dish and tuned in a decoder a few times, its easy but on your own the first time is really hard so while I understand her reticence regarding you dealing with strangers, I am going to suggest you have a talk to your mother and tell her about Gullivers offer otherwise I think you'll end up like the dog chasing its tail and never catching it.

Good luck what ever you decide.

[OSIRUS]

There could be any number of things why it has not worked for you

1. The STB box may be faulty (LNB IN connector or something else) I think I remember you found it on the street ?

2. The LNB out on the wall plate may have bad connection to the dish ..... (one place I lived at had a plate on the wall but no cables to the plate behind it)

3. user error .... incorrect setting in the STB somewhere... or something

Basically it can be a STB problem, or a cabling problem or a dish alignment or LNB problem .....

Can you try your STB on another Foxtel Satellite Dish somewhere else (known to be working) ?

[OSIRUS]

Using the Satellite settings you posted




one thing you could try if the dish is pointed to Satellite Optus C1/D3


Go to ADD Channel

(This is the Foxtel Help channel (free to Air))

TP = New TP
TP Frequency = 12438
Symbolic Rate = 27800
Polarity = Horizontal
Search = Free
Click on ADD TP
press OK (search)

or try this Go to ADD Channel

This is the TVSN channel (free to Air)

TP = New TP
TP Frequency = 12478
Symbolic Rate = 27800
Polarity = Horizontal
Search = Free
Click on ADD TP
press OK (search)

or try this Go to ADD Channel

This is the EXPO channel (free to Air)

TP = New TP
TP Frequency = 12278
Symbolic Rate = 27800
Polarity = Horizontal
Search = Free
Click on ADD TP
press OK (search)

or try this Go to ADD Channel

This is the ABC channels (8) (free to Air)

TP = New TP
TP Frequency = 12177
Symbolic Rate = 27800
Polarity = Vertical
Search = Free
Click on ADD TP
press OK (search)

or try this Go to ADD Channel

This is the Al Jazeera channel (free to Air)

TP = New TP
TP Frequency = 12135
Symbolic Rate = 27800
Polarity = Vertical
Search = Free
Click on ADD TP
press OK (search)


If you are on Satellite Optus C1 /D3 you should see signal Intensity readings and Signal Quality readings

If there are no Signal Intensity & signal Quality readings ...... you have a problem

[gulliver]

Take OSIRUS advice.By the looks of the pic 2 of your receiver and dish ,I would say it is a F*xtell dish, so your settings should be as told.Do you have the remote control to change the settings?
If yes,change the satellite to Optus C1 and the rest, you should see something on

the signal/Quality bar.If yes maybe change to a different tansponder or Symbol rate.
Good luck.Sorry,I don't own an Island,Yet.

[Lachiepower0402]

Sorry I have posted in a long time, I have ignored the posts I was on a trip and couldn't access the internet. I am not able to safely access the dish as it is on the edge of the roof.

I am going to try the suggestions for settings now and then I will come back with the results


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[Lachiepower0402]

Yes I have the remote to change the settings, but the reciever has been reset before I got it so their is no preset satelite's or channels.

I tried all the channel suggestions but I got nothing.

But their was one channel that I did see a apile in signal quality for a brief moment but I couldn't remember which one because I saw it when I clicked the search button.


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[gulliver]

Ok, just use new satellite,then set the all the settings from OSIRUS post ,you should get some reading on the signal/quality bars.If not, the plate or cable or the box is faulty,Judging from your pics it is definable a foxtel dish.

[Lachiepower0402]

I did use the new satelite and tried all the channels and I got nothing, but like I said I got a few spikes in signal on some channels while searching and in the adding channel menu.

[mtv]

At this stage, I would follow OSIRUS' suggestion of testing your decoder on a Foxtel dish that is known to be working... friend, neighbour, relative... etc.

That way you'll know whether it's a box issue or LNB/dish/cabling issue.

[admin]

I did use the new satelite and tried all the channels and I got nothing, but like I said I got a few spikes in signal on some channels while searching and in the adding channel menu.

As your not getting too far with it, maybe you could have a chat with your mum as to whether perhaps it might be all right if Gulliver could come around and have a look for you ?

Lets face it, if you rang some random installer off Gumtree or the local paper to look at it you wouldnt have a clue who they are.

If you followed Osirus's instructions and got nothing (if the LNB setting is correct) then you would have to look at other things, such as is the dish definitely aligned correctly etc. There are a lot of different trouble shooting things to go through which will probably take quite a long time, whereas Gulliver could probably have it sorted in 30 mins or less.

[Lachiepower0402]

I can see your point about if someone who you rang to fix a broken pipe, etc they are complete stranger as well, but my mum is, pardon my french, a real pain in the ass, I told her this and she still being as stubborn as possible. I can try the receiver on another satellite, but I don't know if this one works or what it is pointed at, but it is the same size.

[Lachiepower0402]

I just noticed on my dish that their are marking showing the elevation in degrees on the side, It look like it is at about 64-65 degrees.

Then when I got my compass and lined it up with the satellite it read between 340 and 345 degrees, which is the direction that it is facing.

[gordon_s1942]

I see your down to the final choices here and they are you take that STB to where there is a known working dish, secondly you get a working STB and attach it to your dish.
If you find doing the first your STB does work, then you will need someone to check out your dish/cable and LNB and repair/replace whats not working which puts the ball back in Mum's court.
If the latter proposal works, then you will need to either get that STB repaired or replaced which of course doesnt involve anyone visiting.
You did say earlier you cant safely access the Dish because of where its mounted so if it does turn out to be the problem you will need to call someone who has the equipment and know how to fix what ever is wrong.

[Lachiepower0402]

I am going to now try the STB on another satellite dish, I will come back with the results.

[Lachiepower0402]

So I tried another satellite, I tried the channels suggested by OSIRUS, but they didn't work and I also tried a blind scan and that also did not work.